It’s official, musicians do some downright stupid things.
From the iTunes giveaway that caused a global U2 backlash (and apple having to create an entire app just to remove it), through to Kings Of Leon cancelling a Dallas show after frontman Caleb Followill stormed offstage to “vomit” and “drink a beer”, it certainly makes for great entertainment.
And now, thanks to the ever-powerful combination of social media and screenshots, Twitter has become the go-to place to watch A-listers crash and burn in a hail of 140 characters. It’s brilliant. So in light of BOB’s twitter lecture that comes in at number 10, we take a look at the most stupid things musicians have ever said on social media:
10. The day B.o.B became a meteorologist
‘I didn’t want to believe it either’ declared the “Airplanes” hit-maker earlier today, in a twitter tirade that left the internet utterly bamboozled. The rapper seemed to be on a one man mission to prove the world is, in fact, as flat as a pancake. And his strange theoretical outbursts didn’t end there. As most of Britain was settling into a post-lunch food coma:
The cities in the background are approx. 16miles apart… where is the curve ? please explain this pic.twitter.com/YCJVBdOWX7
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
Once you go flat, you never go back
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 26, 2016
There you have it; Trump for president and BoB for Congress. The world’s gone mad.
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
9. When Rita Ora got a little too ambitious
She may have blamed it on a hacking but let’s be honest, none of us really believed it. The “I Will Never Let You Down” singer appealed for 100,000 retweets in order for fans to listen to her new single. As it turns out, she got to just over a staggering… wait for it… 2000 retweets before swiftly deleting the offending article and locking herself in a cupboard for a few days to get over the embarrassment.
Don’t worry Rita, you’ve always got a slightly dubious acting career to fall back on.
8. When 50 Cent supported pro-choice… well, sort of
He’s a man known for his outspoken and sometimes thoughtless word vomits (this was great), but Curtis Jackson III really does produce some golden tweets. Like, for instance, that time when he considered investing in an abortion clinic set to be named 50/50 choice. Well Curtis, whatever floats your boat.
Speaking of MILF. I wanna do something that impact kids in a positive way, thats why im opening an abortion clinic. Ima call it 50/50 chance
— 50cent (@50cent) September 7, 2010
7. Cher displayed her “DIVA” finger skills *ahem*
Let’s be clear, there are certain things you never hope to come out of a 69-year-old woman’s mouth – whether it be Cher or anyone else for that matter. Apparently noone cared to inform the lady herself of that, as she proceeded to tweet innuendos about “touching” her iPad. If there was ever a line, Cher just crossed it at 100mph screaming, “Fuck Yeah!”.
ipad freezing up! Maybe it’s overwhelmed,because it Just realized A Fabulous DIVA Was touching it ! Can’t really Blame it, “SNAP OUT OF IT” — Cher (@cher) March 7, 2013
6. That time CeeLo Green ranted about his rape case
When you’re caught up in the middle of a court case, the general rule is to SHUT-THE-HELL-UP about it – well, at least until the ruling. CeeLo Green however decided to rant about the technicalities of rape convictions with some rather heated and tasteless tweets. Needless to say, his management stepped in and his Twitter account was deleted pretty instantaneously… only to be reinstated (minus the offending tweets) a short while later.
You deleted this one too. RT @CeeLoGreen: women who have really been raped REMEMBER!!! — Valhalla Hawkwind (@blowticious) September 1, 2014
5. When Liam Gallagher suffered some “tummy trouble”
He’s the master of internet put-downs and one of the most descriptive men on Twitter – yup, he’s the bloke who really doesn’t give a shit (or quite the opposite as the case may be). In one fell tweet, the ex-Oasis star proceeded to dish out faaar too much information about the inner workings of his *ahem* bowels.
I’ve got diarrhea in Korea! LG
— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) April 1, 2009
4. Kanye just looks after Kanye
As the undisputed King of hilariously dick-ish tweets, Kanye West let it be known that he’s not responsible for anyone but Kanye. GOD DAMN RESPONSIBILITY! Let’s just hope things have changed now he’s got two ‘mini me’s running about the place.
3. That time Skrillex got tempted by the ‘N’ word
Let’s be clear, at no point is it correct for a white man to start throwing the ‘N’ word about. That being said, it appears that electronic music sensation Skrillex failed to get the memo. Kudos for keeping your awkward words up there for all to retweet though.
I wish I was aloud to use the n word sometimes (in a non racist way of course) — SKRILLEX (@Skrillex) April 26, 2011
2. And when Jaden Smith taught the world about education
When ex-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair gave his “education, education, education” speech, he’d never have dreamt he’d one day be upstaged by a 15 year old actor-turned-rapper-turned-wannabe-social-activist. Apparently education really means a lot to Will Smith’s son, even if he doesn’t quite understand the point he’s trying to make.
1. That time Mary J. Blige tried to convince us of her “Intelegents”
As much as we like to blame auto correct for our never ending awkward typos, we equally love to believe that this was seriously written by Ms Blige herself. Jeez people, don’t “understand estimate” the lady’s intellegents – OK?!
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